#E6AE53#E6AE53

#E6AE53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.126 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE53
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, 11.09, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 54.61, 78.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% 0.0279 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.126 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3334, 47.7232, 14.7951)
Luminance	0.4772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE53 #538BE6

analogous

#E66553 #E6AE53 #D4E653

triadic

#E6AE53 #53E6AE #AE53E6

tetradic

#E6AE53 #53E665 #538BE6 #E653D4

square

#E6AE53 #53E665 #538BE6 #E653D4

split-complementary

#E6AE53 #53D4E6 #6553E6

monochromatic

#A67018 #DC9420 #E6AE53 #EEC788 #F6E0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E6AE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#E6AE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE53

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE53	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.126 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c687',
    500: '#e6ae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae53;
$custom-light: #f2c687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78556,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE53

secondary

#AFC4E6

accent

#5BD70F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE53

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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